â€œThanks to these titles and the winning bidders, we will be able to fund at least three additional projects in 2011,â€ said John Sterling, Conservation Alliance Executive Director. â€œWe love that our members come together in this way to support conservation while marketing their brands.â€ Winning bidders were Backbone Media, Black Diamond, Merrell, and The North Face.

The Ads for the Earth Auction has now raised nearly $500,000 for The Conservation Alliance over the past four years, making it an important revenue stream for the organization's grant fund.

The Conservation Alliance acknowledges the following people and publications for donating ad space and for helping plan the auction:

About the Conservation Alliance:The Conservation Alliance is an organization of outdoor businesses whose collective contributions support grassroots environmental organizations and their efforts to protect wild places where outdoor enthusiasts recreate. Alliance funds have played a key role in protecting rivers, trails, wildlands and climbing areas.

Membership in the Alliance is open to companies representing all aspects of the outdoor industry, including manufacturers, retailers, publishers, mills and sales representatives. The result is a diverse group of businesses whose livelihood depends on protecting our natural environment.

Since its inception in 1989, the Alliance has contributed more than $8.8 million to grassroots environmental groups. Alliance funding has helped save over 49 million acres of wildlands; 28 dams have either been stopped or removed; and the group helped preserve access to more than 17,000 miles of waterways and several climbing areas.

For complete information on the Conservation Alliance, see www.conservationalliance.com.

Bend, Ore., May 1, 2009 – The Conservation Alliance’s third annual Ads for the Earth Auction, an online sale of advertising space, kicked off today, and runs through Friday, May 8. The auction consists of ad space donated by Alpinist, Backcountry, Backpacker, Men’s Journal, ...read more

Bend, Ore., April 3, 2009 – The Conservation Alliance will hold its third annual Ads for the Earth Auction, an online sale of advertising space, May 2-8, 2009. The auction will consist of ad space donated by Alpinist, Backcountry, Backpacker, Men’s Journal, National Geographic ...read more

Bend, Ore., April 3, 2009 – The Conservation Alliance will hold its third annual Ads for the Earth Auction, an online sale of advertising space, May 2-8, 2009. The auction will consist of ad space donated by Alpinist, Backcountry, Backpacker, Men’s Journal, National Geographic ...read more

Bend, Ore., January 18, 2007 â€“ The Conservation Alliance â€œAds for the Earthâ€ benefit auction raised $205,210.40, all of which will go into the group's fund to support organizations working to protect wild places throughout North America. The online auction consisted of ad ...read more

The Conservation Alliance â€œAds for the Earthâ€ benefit auction has completed one week of bidding, and will conclude on January 12. The auction consists of ad space donated by Backpacker, Climbing, Canoe & Kayak, GearTrends, National Geographic Adventure, Outdoor Business, ...read more

Acting on a fund-raising idea tossed out by Fran Farrell, publisher of National Geographic Adventure, eight outdoor industry publications have donated one full page and one one-third page color ad to The Conservation Alliance's Ads for the Earth benefit auction. The magazines ...read more

Bend, Ore., August 17, 2009 – The Conservation Alliance organized special promotions with 10 member companies at the July Outdoor Retailer trade show that raised nearly $30,000 during the four-day event. In most cases, the members hosted booth events and sold product to benefit ...read more